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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

by: Gil Scott-Heron

Publication date: 1974-12-05

Usage: Public Domain

Topics: black power, 1960s, civil rights, militancy,

This is a '60s "Black Power" tune written by Gill Scott-Heron. It makes a point that everything is skewed towards white people, television, advertising, TV shows, with black people being portrayed in condescending or stereotypical racial roles. "The revolution will be no re-run brother, the revolution will be live."

1 - Gil Scott-Heron- The Revolution Will Not Be Televised